Amended in Senate July 7, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 12, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 18

Introduced by Assembly Member Dodd

(Principal coauthors: Senators Allen, McGuire, Nielsen, and Wolk)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Chávez, begin insert Cooley, Cristina  end insert begin insert Garcia, end insert Rodriguez, and Steinorth)

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(Coauthor: Senator Stone)

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December 1, 2014

An act to amend Section 8686 of the Government Code, relating to disaster relief, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 18, as amended, Dodd. Disaster relief: South Napa Earthquake.

The California Disaster Assistance Act generally provides that the state share for disaster project allocations to local agencies is no more than 75% of total state eligible costs, except for specified events for which the state share is up to 100% of state eligible costs.

This bill would add the August 24, 2014, South Napa begin delete Earthquake, end delete begin insert Earthquake end insert to the list of events for which the state share of state eligible cost is up to 100%.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 8686 of the Government Code is amended
to read:

8686.  

(a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount
to no more than 75 percent of total state eligible costs.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state share shall be up
to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the
following events:

(1) The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake.

(2) The October 20, 1991, East Bay fire.

(3) The fires that occurred in southern California from October
1, 1993, to November 30, 1993, inclusive.

(4) The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake.

(5) Storms that occurred in California during the periods
commencing January 3, 1995, and February 13, 1995, as specified
in agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.

(6) The storms that occurred in California in December of 1996
and early January of 1997, as specified in agreements between this
state and the United States for federal financial assistance.

(7) The winter storms and flooding that occurred from February
1, 1998, to April 30, 1998, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.

(8) The wildfires that occurred in southern California
commencing October 21, 2003, as specified in agreements between
this state and the United States for federal financial assistance.

(9) The December 22, 2003, San Simeon earthquake, as
specified in agreements between this state and the United States
for federal financial assistance.

(10) The severe storms, flooding, debris flows, and mudslides
that occurred during December 27, 2004, to January 11, 2005,
inclusive, in southern California, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.

(11) The severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mud and debris
flows that occurred in southern California during the period from
February begin delete 16 end delete begin insert 16, 2005, end insert to February 23, 2005, inclusive, as specified
in agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.

(12) The severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that
occurred in northern California during the period from December
17, 2005, to January 3, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.

(13) The severe storms and flooding that occurred in northern
and central California during the period from March 29, 2006, to
April 16, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this
state and the United States for federal financial assistance.

(14) The South Napa Earthquake that occurred on August 24,
2014.

(c) For any federally declared disaster subsequent to January 1,
1995, that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (b), the
state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (b)
in those cases where the Federal Emergency Management Agency
or another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share
of costs.

(d) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.

SEC. 2.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to timely provide essential relief to those persons who
have suffered damage or loss as a result of the August 24, 2014,
South Napa Earthquake, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.